Hopeatoffee (Finnish for "silver toffee") is a Finnish brand of candy bar, originally launched by Hellas, with a salty liquorice and toffee flavour.Hellas ja Leaf , Finnish central archive for food. Accessed on 5 November 2013. Production of Hopeatoffee started in the 1970s, and the candy was a new innovation at the time, as salty liquorice had not been combined with toffee before.1970-luvun klassikkokarkki palaa kauppoihin!, MTV Uutiset 19 August 2013. Accessed on 29 December 2019.Hopeatoffee palaa syksyllä – näistä herkuista on turha haaveilla lähiaikoina, Helsingin Sanomat Nyt supplement 22 August 2013. Accessed on 5 November 2013.
Hopeatoffee was later produced by Leaf International, which produced it until 2009.Pimilä, Katariina: "Korviketta ei löytynyt ja palautetta tuli päivittäin" - suosikkikarkki palaa kauppoihin, Ilta-Sanomat 19 August 2013. Accessed on 5 November 2013. Because of great demand, Cloetta started producing the candy again in autumn 2013.Kaivattu Hopea Toffee palaa kauppojen hyllyille, Cloetta. Accessed on 5 November 2013. Hopeatoffee was originally produced as candy bars, but it has later also been produced in candy bags.Sitkeä suosikkimakeinen palaa kauppojen hyllyille, Iltalehti 19 August 2013. Accessed on 5 November 2013. Nowadays Hopeatoffee is produced in Italy.Hopeatoffee 168,7g lakritsitoffee, Cloetta. Accessed on 5 November 2013.
The Finnish Salty Liquorice Association awarded Hopeatoffee the Salmiakki Finlandia prize in 2008 as the best salty liquorice product of the year.Salmiakki Finlandia 1997–2013, Finnish Salty Liquorice Association. Accessed on 5 November 2013.
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